It is narrated that the polytheists saw the Messenger of Allah, blessings and peace be upon him, and his companions standing for the Dhuhr prayer, praying together. This was in 'Aisfan during the battle of Dhul-Anmar. When they prayed, they regretted that they did not rush upon them. They said: 'Indeed, they have a prayer after this that is more beloved to them than their fathers and their sons,' meaning the Asr prayer, and they intended to attack them when they stood for it. Then Gabriel descended with the prayer of fear. [Reported by al-Tabari from the narration of al-Nadr ibn 'Umar from 'Ikrimah from Ibn Abbas with some variation, and its wording is: 'The Messenger of Allah, blessings and peace be upon him, went out on a campaign. He encountered the polytheists at 'Aqsa, and when he prayed the Dhuhr and they saw him bowing and prostrating, some of them said to each other:']

It was an opportunity for you if you had attacked them while they were above you. A speaker among them said: 'They have another prayer.' The rest is similar. Its origin is in Muslim from the narration of Abu al-Zubair from Jabir: 'We fought with the Prophet, blessings and peace be upon him, against a group from Juhayna, and they fought us fiercely. When we prayed the Dhuhr, the polytheists said: 'If we attack them, we will cut them off.' They said: 'Indeed, they will have a prayer that is more beloved to them than the first.' So Gabriel informed the Prophet, blessings and peace be upon him, and the Messenger of Allah, blessings and peace be upon him, mentioned that to us. When the time for Asr came, we lined up in two rows - the hadith.' And in the narrations of Tirmidhi and Nasai from the route of Abdullah ibn Shaqiq from Abu Huraira, it is similar. It was narrated that the Messenger of Allah, blessings and peace be upon him, went to Banu Qurayza with the two Shaykhs and Ali, may Allah be pleased with them, to borrow the blood money for the two Muslims whom Amr ibn Umayyah al-Damri mistakenly killed, thinking they were polytheists. They said: 'Yes, O Abu al-Qasim, sit until we feed you and lend you.' They seated him in a corner and intended to attack him. Amr ibn Jahash took a large millstone to throw it on him, but Allah restrained his hand, and Gabriel descended and informed him. Then he left. [This was narrated by Ibn Ishaq in Al-Maghazi, and through him by Al-Bayhaqi and Abu Na'im in Al-Dala'il. He said: My father, Ishaq ibn Yasar ibn al-Mughira ibn Abdul Rahman ibn al-Harith ibn Hisham, and Abdullah ibn Abu Bakr ibn Muhammad ibn Amr ibn Hazm, and others from the people of knowledge said: Abu Barad, Amir ibn Malik ibn Ja'far ibn Kilab came to the Messenger of Allah, blessings and peace be upon him - and he mentioned it at length - in which he said: 'Then the Messenger of Allah, blessings and peace be upon him, went to Banu al-Nadir seeking their help regarding the two killed by Amr ibn Umayyah al-Damri.' As narrated to me by Yazid ibn Ruman, there was a covenant and alliance between Banu al-Nadir and Banu Amir. When the Messenger of Allah, blessings and peace be upon him, came to them seeking their assistance, they said: 'Yes, sit, O Abu al-Qasim.' So he sat next to a wall of their houses, then some of them secluded themselves with each other and said: 'Who will climb over this house and throw a stone on him to kill him and relieve us of him?' So from among them, Amr ibn Jahash ibn Kab volunteered to climb to throw a stone on him as they said - and the Messenger of Allah, blessings and peace be upon him, was with a group of his companions, including Abu Bakr, Umar, and Ali. Then Gabriel came to him from the sky with what the people intended, so he stood up and returned to Medina, and then he commanded war against them and to march towards them. The people marched.' (Note) In the words of the author of Al-Kashaf, 'that they were Muslims,' but I did not find that in any of its narrations. Rather, Musa ibn Uqba explicitly stated in Al-Maghazi that they were disbelievers, and they had a covenant. In Al-Dala'il of Abu Na'im, from the narration of Ibn Abbas: 'Amr ibn Umayyah encountered two men from Banu Kilab who had a covenant, and he did not know about it, so he killed them.' It was said: He camped at a place, and the people scattered in the thickets seeking shade. The Messenger of Allah, blessings and peace be upon him, hung his weapon on a tree. An Arab came and drew the sword of the Messenger of Allah, blessings and peace be upon him, and then approached him and said: 'Who will protect you from me?' He said: 'Allah,' he said it three times, so the Arab sheathed the sword. The saying 'the Arab sheathed the sword' in Al-Sahih means he returned it to its sheath. And he called out to his companions and informed them, and he refused to punish him. [This is agreed upon from the narration of Abu Salamah from Jabir in a similar manner. And Al-Bukhari has it from another route.] It is said: 'He extended his tongue to him if he insulted him,' and 'he extended his hand to him if he attacked him.' (And they extend to you their hands and tongues with evil) and the meaning of 'extending the hand' is to stretch it towards the one being attacked. Do you not see their saying: 'So-and-so is one who extends his hand,' meaning he is generous.

So He restrained their hands from you, preventing them from extending towards you.